jet
A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
Other meanings
A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
A kind of
- airplane
Kinds of jet
- fan-jet
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "iactus" (a throwing, a throw).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “jet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.